Foster kitty progress

[Jilly_in_VA]

After two days of hiding, kitty came out this evening when I went down to feed her. Not only came out, but came out to be petted! She was very cautious at first, circling and sniffing, but I sat very still, and she soon came up and started rubbing against my hand. I discovered that she doesn't like being petted per se, but loved having her neck scratched, so we did that, and I talked to her and she head butted my hand and meowed at me a bit while exploring her surroundings a bit more. She ate some wet food, came back for more scratches, and seems to like me. She's still skittish but I think will settle in. Last night I remembered something that one of our best cat people at the shelter sometimes does with scared cats and took a shirt I'd worn downstairs and put it in the playpen by the sleeping mat. That may have helped.
Also, last night or early this morning I dreamed I called her Sarai instead of her shelter name of Spaghetti, so when I went downstairs I called her Sarai and that's when she came out! Maybe that's her name now.....